1. many newcomers complain of the rapid______of life in hong kong.
(a) rate (b) pace (c) speed (d) growth

2. to one' s boss, an employee should dress neatly, be______and show interest in the job.
(a) instant (b) timely (c) punctual (d) quick

3. the girl will not BECome a nurse because she will faint at the______of blood.
(a) vision (b) eyes (c) sight (d) view

4. the government______regulations that put this old city under protection.
(a) published (b) issued (c) discharged (d) released

5. unexpectedly the light______and we were left in darkness.
(a) burn out (b) put out (c) turned out (d) went out

6. after a whole day' s heavy work, the old worker returned home, ______.
(a) hungry and felt exhausting
(b) hunger and exhausted
(c) hungry and exhausted
(d) hungry and having been exhausted

7. the last half of the nineteenth century______the steady improvement in the means of travel.
(a) has witnessed (b) was witnessed (c) witnessed (d) is witnessed

8. she______in the feet on her way home from work.
(a) was hurting (b) is hurt (c) hurts (d) got hurt

9. without computers, we_____the tremendous medical advancement in the last few decades.
(a) would not make (b) will not have made (c) could not make (d) couldn' t have made

10. ______that susan hadn' t dared to make a sound.
(a) so was he absorbed (b) so absorbed he was (c) so absorbed was he (d) so he was absorbed